Mental Health Social Worker (AMHP)

Job Description

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified (Adults)
Location: Anita House, Hackney Council
Hours Per Week: 36.00
Start Date Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £23.56

The NHS Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults outlines the vision of the Long-Term Plan for place based personalised community mental health services, offering a whole person, population health approach, aligned to the new Primary Care Networks.

The post of Mental Health Social Worker will involve working between these Primary Care Networks / Neighbourhood teams and the new Complex Needs Service (formerly CMHT).  This will involve contributing to a developing service through a period of considerable change.  As a Mental Health Social Worker your role will involve carrying out assessment and care planning in community and family led services that offer a strengths based approach to practice, demonstrating a clear understanding of mental health and the social determinants of health.

⦁ To provide a high quality and effective mental health social work service to the residents of the London Borough of Hackney.
⦁ To respond to the needs of adults with mental disorder and their carers in a timely manner, within the boundaries of statutory legislation, and with regard to individual circumstances.
⦁ To assess need using a person centred approach and effectively asses and manage risk.
⦁ To plan and deliver outcome focused interventions linked to promoting independence & social inclusion.
⦁ When appropriate act as Care Coordinator within the framework of the Care Programme Approach, taking responsibility for the provision of a social work service to mental health services users and carers in the community and in Hospital.
NOT AMPH.

Currently based at North Hackney Recovery CMHT, Vivienne Cohen House, The Lodge, 2 Crozier Terrace, Homerton, London E9 6AT